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Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal [electronic resource] : before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on Wednesday, December 24. 1828, for the murder of Margery Campbell, or Docherty

by: Burke, William, 1792-1829; Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, 1781?-1851; M'Dougal, Helen, b. 1795?; Macnee, John, reporter; Hare, William, 1792?-1870?; Scotland. High Court of Justiciary

Publication date: 1829
Topics: Trials (Homicide), Grave Robbing, Forensic Medicine, Homicide
Publisher: Edinburgh : Robert Buchanan ... William Hunter ... John Stevenson ... and Baldwin & Cradock, London
Collection: wcforensics; wellcomelibrary; ukmhl; medicalheritagelibrary; europeanlibraries; medicallibrary
Contributor: Wellcome Library
Language: English
Item Size: 499.9M

Edited by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe

William Burke, William Hare, Mrs. Hare and Helen M'Dougal were associated in the murder of more than sixteen persons. Hare having turned King's evidence, William Burke and Helen M'Dougal were tried for the murder of Margery Campbell, or Docherty

The final four leaves contain "Rhymes On Reading The Trial ... "; "The Lament"; "A Letter To ... The Caledonian Mercury. ... "; and "Letter to the Jury ... ", the last two signed "Candidus". These four leaves (not called for by the list of contents) were issued gratis with the Trial according to a later MS. note inside the Wellcome copy

Colophon, p.[208]: "Printed By J. Hutchinson, Edinburgh"

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Notes

page 74. Text is faded, due to ink in book not scan.

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Associated-names: Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, 1781?-1851; M'Dougal, Helen, b. 1795?; Macnee, John, reporter; Hare, William, 1792?-1870?; Scotland. High Court of Justiciary
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